Morris v. Hermann Forwarding Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burling, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The plaintiff’s deceased husband, Thomas J. Morris, although designated by the employer as a “Transportation Engineer,” was within the category of a traveling salesman. The basis of appeal is a very narrow question, whether the decedent sustained an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

The proceeding was initiated by Margaret II. Morris (herein called the plaintiff) against Hermann Forwarding Co., a corporation having its office at New Brunswick, N. J. (hereinafter…